Terrestrial Digital TV (DTT, DTTV, DTV, DVB-T, DVB-T2, …) News

France's analogue switch-off could be delayed to 2014
Apr 8, 2009 – France Télé Numérique has said that the current legally enshrined deadline of November 30, 2011 for analogue TV switch-off in France is not feasible, and that a new timetable, completing in 2013 or 2014, is needed.
News categories: France Télé Numérique, Digital TV, France, Regulation, Terrestrial

France's free DTT channels on satellite from June
Apr 8, 2009 – Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced the upcoming launch of France's free Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels via its ATLANTIC BIRD™ 3 satellite. The new offer, called FRANSAT™, will be available from June.
News categories: Eutelsat, FRANSAT, Digital TV, France, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

Half of UK TV households choosing pay TV
Apr 6, 2009 – Almost half of all television households in the UK are now choosing to pay for access to additional television channels, with satellite and cable services driving growth of digital TV according to new research from Ofcom.
News categories: Ofcom, Cable TV, Digital TV, DVR, IPTV, Market Research, Satellite, Set Top Box, Smart TV, Subscribers, Terrestrial, UK

Canal+ goes all-digital
Apr 2, 2009 – The Canal+ Group (Paris: VIV) is switching all Canal+ terrestrial-broadcast sales to DTT. New subscribers will enjoy an enhanced service, which includes HDTV, and a decoder that lets subscribers watch 18 free DTT channels.
News categories: Canal+ Group, Digital TV, France, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

South Africa publishes DTT regulations for final public consultation
Apr 2, 2009 – The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has published the Digital Terrestrial Television regulations for final public consultation.
News categories: ICASA, South Africa, Terrestrial

DTT comes of age in Europe
Apr 1, 2009 – Recent data from the MAVISE TV database shows the continued expansion of television channels in the European television market. There are now a total of 5587 channels (plus 412 non-European channels) available in the 29 countries.
News categories: MAVISE, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Market Research, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Terrestrial, Turkey, UK

Malaysia DTT spectrum tender in Q3
Apr 1, 2009 – The Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will call for tender bids in the third quarter for the 470-742 MHz UHF spectrum, paving the way for the country to move into the digital television era.
News categories: MCMC, Digital TV, Malaysia, Terrestrial

Bulgaria - CRC opens tenders for DVB-T networks
Mar 27, 2009 – Bulgaria's Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) has unveiled plans to stage two competitive procedures for the deployment of national DVB-T digital television networks.
News categories: Communications Regulation Commission, Bulgaria, Digital TV, Regulation, Terrestrial

Romania proposes DTT set-top box subsidy
Mar 26, 2009 – The Romanian government is proposing to subsidise the purchase of set-top boxes for the 1.4 million households who would be left with no TV signal after analogue switch-off in 2012.
News categories: MCSI, Digital TV, Romania, Terrestrial